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United States Patent | 5,152,338 |
Dethier ,   et al. | October 6, 1992 |
A heat exchanger comprising a conduit formed by two elongated channel forming sheets bound and sealed together along facing flat edges by encapsulating plastic extending around the edges of the sheets and extending through matching openings in the flat sheet edges. The encapsulation is preferably carried out as part of the reaction injection molding of a container, with the heat exchanger encapsulated in a wall of the container.
Inventors: | Dethier; Vincent B. (Rochester, NY); Gillette, II; William J. (Rochester, NY) |
Assignee: | Eastman Kodak Company (Rochester, NY) |
Appl. No.: | 775870 |
Filed: | October 15, 1991 |
Current U.S. Class: | 165/170; 165/47; 165/132; 264/263; 264/273 |
Intern'l Class: | F28F 003/14; B29C 039/10 |
Field of Search: | 165/168,170,132,905,47 354/299 264/263,273 |
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